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Posted by Ignoramus19342 on September 17, 2008, 5:39 pm
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>>> Methinks eBay wants to do away with the entire feedback system. <sigh>
>>>
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>>I think that eBay is digging its own grave, by trying to become what
>>it could never be, and in the process, losing what it always has been
>>good at.
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> eBay could go back 5 or so years in time and be a fairly decent company again.
>
Yes, indeed, everything that they have done, lately, is for their
benefit and not for their users'.
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Posted by Ignoramus11155 on September 18, 2008, 1:06 pm
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:12:23 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus19342
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>>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:15:58 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus14986
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>>>>>>I am ending my ebay selling soon, so I will have some more time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Care to share why?
>>>>
>>>>I do not like the latest ebay changes. I have way too much stuff to
>>>>sell, so I will be selling for a few months without buying anything
>>>>new.
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>>> I went to submit feedback for a book yesterday and it kept prompting
>>> me for more info. I then realized that they had a one hundred
>>> character minimum (vs. their old 78 character maximum) and are now
>>> calling these "reviews" instead of feedback.
>>>
>>> Methinks eBay wants to do away with the entire feedback system. <sigh>
>>>
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>>I think that eBay is digging its own grave, by trying to become what
>>it could never be, and in the process, losing what it always has been
>>good at.
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> PRECISELY! And it's all driven by greed at the top. They'll get what
> they deserve sometime soon, and we'll all suffer for it.
Yes, very sad, a bunch of greedy people who have no idea what they are
doing, ruining the good thing that ebay once was.
> I've found all sorts of -outrageous- bargains there for 8 years now,
> my first being in November of 1999, especially used books. Lots of 40
> books for $24 delivered is just some kind of wonderful, Maynard.
same here.
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Posted by Cydrome Leader on September 18, 2008, 11:31 am
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>>>I was quoted about 400-500 dollars if I bring in my lathe bed, to have
>>>it reground. The bed is relatively worn (carriage drops about 0.002 inch
>>>near headstock), and the rest of the lathe is not.
>>
>> 0.002 isn't much for hobby use. Do the math. For a tool on centerline, how
much change
>> in diameter does a 0.002 drop produce?
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> Unfortunately, the inverted vee that holds the saddle, is also very
> worn and so the saddle moves crosswise when I move it along the
> lathe. I think that it is because the the vee wear. The difference in
> diameter at various points is perhaps 0.2mm.
I love the mix of units. Do you work for nasa?
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Posted by Christopher Tidy on October 9, 2008, 9:30 pm
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Ignoramus14986 wrote:
> I do not like the latest ebay changes. I have way too much stuff to
> sell, so I will be selling for a few months without buying anything
> new.
I have just noticed this too. The new eBay search system is dreadful. If
you want to add any special options, such as "Item Condition: Used" it's
now really difficult to find them. As far as I can see, the new search
system hasn't added anything useful. It has just made finding items to
buy harder.
I also hate those little pop-up windows which aren't proper windows
which they've introduced. I think they're probably implemented with
JavaScript. If they had thought their interface through, they wouldn't
have needed any of those windows.
Best wishes,
Chris
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Posted by DoN. Nichols on October 9, 2008, 11:44 pm
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> Ignoramus14986 wrote:
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>> I do not like the latest ebay changes. I have way too much stuff to
>> sell, so I will be selling for a few months without buying anything
>> new.
>
> I have just noticed this too. The new eBay search system is dreadful. If
> you want to add any special options, such as "Item Condition: Used" it's
> now really difficult to find them. As far as I can see, the new search
> system hasn't added anything useful. It has just made finding items to
> buy harder.
Yep.
> I also hate those little pop-up windows which aren't proper windows
> which they've introduced. I think they're probably implemented with
> JavaScript.
They are. Turn off JavaScript, and they go away -- but
unfortunately, so does other *needed* functionality.
And I really hate the auctions which also require Flash to be
enabled to see the images (other than one default image).
> If they had thought their interface through, they wouldn't
> have needed any of those windows.
They want to be "impressive", not useful. :-(
Enjoy,
DoN.
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